Posted on 03/13/2023 10:57:32 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
When Cincinnati firefighter Ed Wallace bought a high efficiency Whirlpool washing machine, he came to regret the decision almost immediately. The machine used less water—not enough to clean Wallace's work clothes—and his colleagues at the firehouse quickly took notice. "I walked past my guys and they say, 'Dude, you stink!'" Wallace said. "I smelled myself, and yeah, that's me stinking."
Now, President Joe Biden is pushing regulations that could force Wallace's stinky situation upon millions of Americans.
Biden's Energy Department last month proposed new efficiency standards for washing machines that would require new appliances to use considerably less water, all in an effort to "confront the global climate crisis." Those mandates would force manufacturers to reduce cleaning performance to ensure their machines comply, leading industry giants such as Whirlpool said in public comments on the rule. They'll also make the appliances more expensive and laundry day a headache—each cycle will take longer, the detergent will cost more, and in the end, the clothes will be less clean, the manufacturers say.
The proposed washing machine rule marks the latest example of the administration turning to consumer regulations to advance its climate change goals. Last month, the Energy Department published an analysis of its proposed cooking appliance efficiency regulations, which it found would effectively ban half of all gas stoves on the U.S. market from being sold.
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Its not even Biden - its the massive, bloated, meddling, progressive Fed.gov permanent bureaucracy that has existed since FDR’s day, has only grown exponentially, and which no one will ever do anything about.
You will eat bugs, live in hovels, remain trapped in your towns and wear dirty clothes and be happy!....................
First they came for gas stoves but I said nothing because I didn’t have a gas stove...
Buy an old washing machine and just keep it running.
Just leave us the f**k alone. Quit meddling in every aspect of our lives!
Love our Speed Queen top loader.
We had one of those 10 years ago….you might as well go down to the creek and beat your clothes on a rock. They would be torn to shreds and probably stink either way. I really hate these people.
These A-holes are drunk on their nanny state tyranny.
Dumped the POS front loader after about 5 years when all the lights on the dial started flicking. To much electronic BS!
From the same idiots who shoved CFL light bulbs down our throats. Soviets gonna central plan us to death.
From Powerline:
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: RUN AS A NEW DEAL DEMOCRAT?
A clever Republican Party today could do worse than running on the Democratic Party’s 1932 platform, which begins:
“We advocate: 1. An immediate and drastic reduction of governmental expenditures by abolishing useless commissions and offices, consolidating departments and bureaus and eliminating extravagance, to accomplish a savings of not less than 25% of the cost of the Federal government. . .
“2. Maintenance of the national credit by a Federal budget annually balanced on the basis of accurate executive estimates within revenues. . .
“3. A sound currency to be preserved at all times. . .
“As an immediate program of action we must abolish useless offices. We must eliminate actual prefunctions of the government—functions, in fact, what are not definitely essential to the continuance of government. We must merge, we must consolidate subdivisions of government, and like the private citizen, give up luxuries which we can no longer afford.”
No wonder Ronald Reagan cast his first vote for president in 1932 for Franklin Roosevelt.
“each cycle will take longer, the detergent will cost more, and in the end, the clothes will be less clean, the manufacturers say.”
Longer cycles mean more electricity usage. Over time modern washing machines should be improved to require less time per cycle not more. Its a given that they should clean clothes better not less.
From what I have witnessed with three different versions of the latest washing machines that meet the latest “water saving” standards, they, all three, use more energy, because they are at work longer getting a load of wash done. I can get a single load of wash done 60% faster in my 2003 vintage Maytag machine than any of the most modern machines I have experienced with friends and family. “Saving water” has not meant energy efficiency.
So you have to allow the mold spores out into the room ,for a longer exposure rate just to avoid the concentration in the washer?
So what, we need to keep a gallon bucket by the washer now a days so we can through some extra water in it before each load?
My mom went to a home in 2016. She had the same washer and dryer my parents bought in 1981. Needed some belts replaced a couple of times.
“light bulbs”
The light bulbs don’t give off enough light and the low flush toilets suck too. I recently stayed in a hotel which has one of the old high powered toilets. What a difference.
Liberals: Reversing progress.
All this to save some water, 🧐 did anyone in charge think maybe not letting millions of illegals into the country may have also saved water?
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